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< 16ga. Guns ~ Sweet Sixteen history |
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Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:10 pm
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Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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Location: New Brunswick,Canada
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Most likely been asked before but ----- What is the origin of the term "Sweet Sixteen"? Was this a Browning generated name or did someone famous come up with the name?
Cheers& Merry Christmas!! |
_________________ A pointing dog and a 16GA -- It doesn't get better than this |
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Mon Dec 24, 2018 6:29 am
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grouser47 wrote: |
Most likely been asked before but ----- What is the origin of the term "Sweet Sixteen"? Was this a Browning generated name or did someone famous come up with the name?
Cheers& Merry Christmas!!
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The Belgian Brownings had "Sweet Sixteen" engraved on them starting in the late 40's early 50's? I'm sure someone will correct me, but as far as I know Browning came up with it. |
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Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:24 am
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Joined: 29 Nov 2018
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Location: Oklahoma
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I found this...
The Sweet 16 is the lightweight version of the Browning Auto-5 16 guage shotgun. Browning designers started to work with Fabrique Nationale (FN) in the early thirties to reduce weight in the A5. The result was a lighter weight gun by reducing weight in the barrel, receiver, and buttstock. The first samples were made in 1936 and production soon began. Browning introduced the new Sweet 16 in 1937 giving an availability date to the public in May of 1937. The 12 guage did not get the same changes until 1947 when the introduced the "Light Twelve".
It seems early on, an 'S' was added to the serial number before the 'Sweet Sixteen' engraving. |
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